Limitless Perspective
The late Charles Colson spent time in the White House as a senior presidential aide and then did time in jail as a “Watergate” conspirator. After his release from prison, […]
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Children’s Sunday Sermons August 2020
Children’s Sunday Sermon August 2, 2020 Good morning boys and girls. Today I want to tell you a story about a little ant who felt like he wasn’t treated fairly.
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Best on the Block
A funny thing happened several years ago in New York City: five new pizza parlors with five different owners opened in the same block. It soon became apparent that there
Disrobed
On a busy summer afternoon in New York City’s Times Square, two men, only a few feet apart, carry two very different forms of identification cards. The first man proudly
What About Yours?
A father who worked as an electrical engineer was helping his 14-year-old daughter with her online schoolwork. After explaining the properties of alternating and direct current, the daughter looked up
Searching for Jesus
“Lord, give us a miracle,” we pray. But that’s not usually what we mean. Our problem with miracles is that they’re so erratic, so unpredictable. They may occur here; they
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The Art of Listening
“Contact Community Helplines” is an organization founded on the belief that ordinary people can be trained to care and to heal. It has built a vast network of telephone workers
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Thy Neighbor’s Dog
In an honest bit of self-awareness, a man consumed with a constant level of anxiety confronts his struggle head-on during a life-changing moment of clarity. He explains: “I used to
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One by One
Theologian G.K. Chesterton asks us to consider how God might have created daisies. Did He create them all at once with one swoop of His mighty hand? Or did He
A Ducky and a Horsey?
One spring day, a gardener showed his neighbor a packet of seeds he had just purchased. The seed envelope pictured a beautiful array of exotic flowers. “I’m hoping this will
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If the Yoke Fits, Wear It!
Let me begin with the words of a Saint: “No one heals himself by wounding another.” -1 Echoing these words is a simple allegory about three men who set out
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Children’s Sunday Sermons June 2020
Children’s Sunday Sermon June 7, 2020 Good morning boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about the word “Salvation.” Maybe you have heard people talking about being ‘saved.’
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Can We Count You In?
At one of the “Special Olympics” events held in Seattle, nine contestants, all disabled in some way, lined up for the start of the one hundred-yard-dash. At the sound of
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When Nobody’s Cheering
Recently, a behavioral health counselor posted an urgent public service announcement on his Facebook page. You see, this man knows a thing or two about the challenges of addiction, mental
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Let’s Eat!
There is a remarkable book that begins with a heartbreaking true story. The author recounts the sudden and tragic death of her brother-in-law, perishing in a freak train accident. And
Are You Finished?
The works of the French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre are still popular today because the author expresses so well a prevailing mood of our time. He is extremely pessimistic about
Breathe It In
There are two possible answers to the question of life’s meaning and purpose. The first, a grim description in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” for whom life was … A tale told by
Claim the Name!
In Biblical times, peoples’ attitudes toward names and titles were steeped in meaning. For example, in invoking the Name of God, the pious Jews used the word “Yahweh,” which, standing
Let it Speak in Your Heart
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus gives the disciples the promise of a great gift to come. It is the last night of Jesus’ life and He is with the disciples
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The Interest is Astronomical
In Greek and Cypriot culture, “Worry beads,” also called Kompoloi, are strings of beads manipulated with one’s hands to pass the time. Among the traditional uses, the beads serve as
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